John Gohorry was born Donald Smith in Coventry in 1943. He spent the 1960’s at the University of London, obtaining an M.Phil. (1970) on The Sources and Style of Sidney’s Arcadia (1593). He has lived in North Hertfordshire since 1971, teaching in F.E. and H.E. until retirement in 2006. He is Poet in Residence at David’s Bookshop, Letchworth Garden City.